Chinese Christian millennials are living out the challenges and opportunities of Christian life
For the past five years, Fan has led one of the country’s first grassroots pro-life ministries at Early Rain, handing out flyers on Children’s Day urging pregnant women not to abort, holding signs outside local hospitals (where abortions typically happen), penning a denominationwide statement affirming the sanctity of life, and helping women dealing with unplanned pregnancies.
Lately more good news: The ministry is working with a government-run project called Post-Abortion Care (PAC), which works in hospitals to educate abortion-minded women about their other options before entering the operating room. If a woman decides to go through with the procedure, PAC teaches her how to prevent future pregnancies. Created in 2011, PAC reflects the government’s desire to decrease the number of abortions in order to prevent a demographic crisis. Yet few doctors take part in the project because they don’t make...